Extensive reading’s assignment

Name : Lina Herlina

Class : VI/D

NPM : 031105107

Date : May 3, 2008

Summary

Title : Choosing Book for Children

Author : Betsy Hearne

Publisher: Dell Publishing

City : New York, United States

Year : 1990

Page : 209 pages

This book tells about how parent choose the precise book for their children. What kind of book which gives a lot of benefits for the children brain growth. Having smart children is dream of all parents in the world. And give our children book in the early stage of their growth is one way to make them interest in reading. Actually, parent must notice the quality of the book. There are several characteristics the best book for our children. The book not only gives them a lot of information but also must contain the moral message. Give them a picture book. It will make our children enjoy in their activity. The vocabulary which is used must be easy to be understood. Don’t forget to give them the colorful book. Finally, children interest to the character which is represented by animal.

Name : Lina Herlina

Class : VI-D

NPM : 031105107

Extensive Reading

Title : Too late

Author : Francine Pascal

Publisher : Bantam Book, an alloy online, inc. company

Year : 2001

City : New York

Page : 178 pages

Price : Rp. 39.000

This novel tells about Jade Wu’s life. She is the victim of the separation of her parent. Her parent separated when she was child. She grew up without her father. She misses her father very much. When Jade gives up with her desire to meet her father, he comes into Jade’s life. Jade feels very happy. Suppose after her father backs she will get a complete family. In contras to Jade’s hope, her father never thinks to back to his ex wife. He thinks that Jade’s mother is not good mother for Jade. Jade must chose with whom she wants to live, her mother or her father. She confuses what she must to do. Finally, for several reasons, Jade decide to live with her father to get the better future.

Extensive Reading

Summary Test Formative 1

Name : Lina Herlina
NPM : 031105107
Class : VI D

Alcoholism
By : Rose Falkenhagen

Alcohol is very familiar in society but they didn't know more the bad effects of using that.
Alcoholism is a hazardous disease which is suffered by people who consume alcohol frequently. it will be danger if an alcoholic combine in drinking alcohol between smoking and using drugs. it will destroys the organ vital of our body, gives a lot of disadvantages to the fetus, even fact show that alcohol caused 12000 death a year and 75 % of the these victim is innocent person. because of that now people concern and make programs to solve this problems.

Extensive reading

Name: Lina Herlina (031105107)
Class: VI D
Subject: Extensive reading

Title: Dr. Jeckyil and Mr. Hyde
Author: Robert Luis Stevenson
Year: 2006
Publisher: Egmont Imagination ltd.
Pages: 70
City: Mumbai, India

This novel tells about someone who has double identity. his name is Henry Jeckyil. he is genius and highly regarded person. people/ everybody respect to him. basically, there is not different with his self. he likes most of people. but actually, he has dark side in his life. it motivates him to do something. one day, he experiments with something that involve using pure salt. the effort of his experiments is double identity in his self. in contrast to Dr. Jeckyil, the other identity which name is Mr. Edward Hyde. he is very insolent person. as a human, he is not humaneness. he try to kill him self, wishfully, he can protect others people from his violent. unfortunately, it isn't success and Hyde dominate Dr. Jeckyil.

Extensive Reading

Name :Lina Herlina
Class :V/D
NPM : 031105107

Title : Emily Climbs
Author : L.M. Montgomery
Year : 1993
Publisher : Bantam Book-Harper Collins Publisher
City : New York
Page : 313
Price : 62.500

The story tells about Emily Byrd Starr's life in reaching her beautiful dream. Emily is an orphan. Her father died and her mother eloped when she was child. She lives in New Moon Farmhouse with her aunts. They are Elizabeth, Laura and Ruth. Emily was born with the desire to write. She loves writing. It had become a part of her life because writing helped her to face her difficult and lonely times. She writes everything in diary that she named "Jimmy-Book". In contrast to Emily, her aunt, Elizabeth dislike Emily's hobby. She thinks writing just waste too much time and useless. Emily has four playmates (Teddy, Perry, Dean, Ilse) but now all her friends are going away to high school in nearby Shrewsburry. Because of that she tells her aunt that she also want to go there. Unfortunately, Aunt Elizabeth refuses her request because she worry Emily will do her mother mistakes. She will only let Emily go if she promise to stop writing. Emily is very ambitious to change her life so she does her aunt want. When she tried to keep her promise, at the same time, this is the first step in Emily's climb her success. Her poems published in town newspaper. It motivate Emily to write again. And the first whispher of romance " The woman who spangked the king " published in times magazine and bring her become a famous writer.